put on a bold front

"If you want him back you must put on a bold front.

No longer feeling particularly bold, she nonetheless put on a bold front and marched forward.

Sensing that Jefferson's eyes were on him, Steve pulled himself together and put on a bold front.

Since there was no alternative, Garion put on a bold front and marched determinedly toward the oncoming figure.

I am no chief among you-but if we cannot flee-and to turn now would in sooth arouse suspicion-we must put on a bold front.

He understood that he had to put on a bold front in the presence of his subordinates, many of whom probably did not yet realize that Skulltwister was gone.

The man would take the form and try to put on a bold front, but the fact was that if there was anything he had ever concealed from the records centre, his insides would be churning.